Day: February 5, 2018

SpaceX this week is preparing to launch Falcon Heavy, the biggest rocket in the company’s history, for the first time. From a report: The 230-foot-tall three-booster launcher is scheduled to blast off Tuesday between 1:30 and 4:30 p.m. ET. SpaceX says Falcon Heavy is the most powerful rocket in the world. SpaceX’s founder, Elon Musk, wanted this test launch to happen as early as 2013, though he recently said it…

MIX / The Next Web: Baidu launches a CryptoKitties-like service that allows for adoption and trade of digital puppies, works on a blockchain called Achain, using its ACT currency — Chinese Google rival Baidu is the latest corporation to make its foray into blockchain tech – and its first undertaking … Source: http://www.techmeme.com

The chassis pool would supplement the existing fleet operated by the South Atlantic Chassis Pool (SACP), Photo credit: Shutterstock. The port authorities running the Savannah and Charleston ports, concerned about the quality and availability of chassis to serve their growing volumes, have agreed to create a new chassis pool with a… Source: http://www.joc.com

The St. Johns River deepening won regulatory approval despite criticism of the project’s environmental impact. Photo credit: Shutterstock. Dredging began Friday on the first section of a $483 million project to deepen the Port of Jacksonville’s40-foot shipping channel to 47 feet in order to allow larger ships to call the Florida… Source: http://www.joc.com

While Sci-Hub is praised by thousands of researchers and academics around the world, copyright holders are doing everything in their power to wipe the site from the web. From a report: Last weekend another problem appeared for Sci-Hub. This time American Chemical Society (ACS) went after CDN provider Cloudflare, which informed the site that a court order requires the company to disconnect several domain names. “Cloudflare has received the attached…

Alexandria Sage / Reuters: Nvidia and German auto supplier Continental AG team up to develop a self-driving system based on Nvidia’s AI platform — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Nvidia Corp and German auto supplier Continental AG said on Monday they had teamed up to develop a self-driving system based … Source: http://www.techmeme.com

Unlimited Tomorrow, founded to bring low-cost prosthetics that are custom, is pairing up with Stratasys and Dassault to scale up production and bring additive manufacturing knowhow. Source: http://www.zdnet.com